Johnson winning mayoral war chest battle

10:37 PM,
Mar. 4, 2013

Written by

Brian Eason
beason@jackson.gannett.com

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. entered 2013 with a sizable cash lead in the mayor's race, according to campaign finance reports filed with the city clerk, but the war chests of most candidates remain a mystery.

The incumbent mayor and businessman Jonathan Lee were the only two candidates to file campaign finance reports with the city clerk in January, when reports were due for money raised and spent in 2012.

The race's other heavy hitters, who figure to have raised sizable totals by now, did not file a report. But even if they raised money in 2012, under state law they would have to report their ...